Tested it by not deleting the message body, just resized it and added the
custom controls and fields to the "Grid" and sure enough did not show in
preview pane.

How do I make this work? Example of one of the custom fileds is called
"Outage Duration" and its text field for how long a system was unavaile.

tiny...

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

2. Deleted the "body" control box because I want to be to have the labels
of
the Fields to "read only".

If you deleted the message body control, then it sounds like your scenario
does
indeed fit my "dumb question" -- there's no place for the user to type the
message body. In other words, if the only visible data entry controls are for
custom fields, then the item has no message body and, therefore, what you're
seeing would be perfectly normal, What am I missing?
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx



"Tinyski" wrote:

Nope no code. No I did not write any vbscript. Its a pretty simple form. No
not a Dumb question thought about that too. When i open the form it shows the
infomation that I added to it......Tried setting my security setting in
outlook to "Medium" Internet.

How I did it was:

1. Design form and selected Message.
2. Deleted the "body" control box because I want to be to have the labels of
the Fields to "read only".
2a. Unchecked "Seprate Read Layout"
3. Made custom fields, text only.
4. Dragged the fields from the field chooser and edit them for font and color.
5. Tried dragging some of the defalt fields to the message body to see if
this would make it show. didnt....

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"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

"Code" refers to VBScript code written in the form's code window at any time
during the form's design. I am not aware of any issue with formula fields
causing the reading pane not to display the message body. Did you ever write
any VBScript code for this form? Dumb question, but does the body actually
contain text? The reason I ask is that it's possible to create a custom form
that has no body content.

"Tinyski" wrote:

Thanks for the quick resonse Sue. Just a Date field with the "Date ()"
function that this count as code?. If it does is there a way to get it to
display?

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"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

If there is code behind the form, the reading pane will not display the
message body. That's a known limitation.

"Tinyski" wrote:

Designed a Form and when I open the form I can see the message body but not
in the reading pane.